A foreign legal person with its registered office in the EU

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In the notification of an unqualified trade, they indicate in particular the following information:

Company name, business name
Address of the registered office outside the Czech Republic
Information on the natural person(s) who are its statutory body or members of its statutory body or the person authorised to represent a legal person that is the statutory body (given name, surname, birth registration number, if assigned, date of birth, address of domicile or address of residence in the Czech Republic, if permitted)
Information on the legal person who is its statutory body (company name or business name, address of its registered office and the personal identification number, if assigned)
The designation and address of the branch plant in the Czech Republic
Personal identification number, if assigned to the branch plant
The objects of business as “Manufacture, trade and services not specified in Annexes 1 to 3 to the Trade Licensing Act”
The field or fields of unqualified trade activity pursuant to Annex 4 to the Trade Licensing Act, which they will carry on
The establishment or establishments in which the carrying-on of the trade will be commenced upon inception of the trade authorisation, with the exception of mobile establishments and vending machines
Academic title or scientific degree of the natural persons referred to above, if these will be used in carrying on the trade
Where appropriate, the address for mail delivery from all trade licensing offices

Documents to be submitted to the trade licensing office when notifying an unqualified trade:

The notification of a trade on the appropriate form (completed in advance or on the spot)
An an extract from the criminal register or an equivalent document issued by the competent judicial or administrative authority of the state where the legal person has its registered office proving that the foreign legal person with its registered office in the EU is not subject to any impediments to carrying on a trade pursuant to Section 8(5) or, if relevant, Section 8a of the Trade Licensing Act (the trade licensing office will obtain the extract from the the Criminal Records Register on its own). If that state does not issue an extract from the criminal register or an equivalent document, the legal person will submit an affidavit made in the presence of a notary or an authority of that state to the effect that the foreign legal person is not subject to any impediments to carrying on a trade pursuant to Section 8(5) or, if relevant, Section 8a of the Trade Licensing Act. These documents must not be more than 3 months old
A document proving the legal title to use the premises where the branch plant of the foreign legal person is located in the Czech Republic, unless the notified address has already been registered in the commercial register or other register, if this document is required under specific legislation as a condition of registration in that register
An extract from the commercial or similar register maintained in the state where the legal person has its registered office. The extract from the register must not be more than 3 months old
Proof of payment of the administrative fee

Unless issued in the Czech language, all documents must be submitted including an official translation into Czech (this does not apply to documents in Slovak). The authenticity of the signature and stamp on the originals must be certified; this requirement does not apply to documents submitted by a citizen of a Member State of the European Union (or a person deemed to be such a citizen pursuant to Section 70 of the Trade Licensing Act) or by a legal person with its registered office (or central administration or principal place of business) in an EU Member State, unless there are doubts as to the correctness of the translation or the authenticity of the signature or stamp.